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Whakatane   t   TH1   N Z     on Bay of Plenty
board mills   p (1961) 7169
Whales Bay of mlfi m I'oas dpp   Ants»Bcti i
Whangarei t  NI  NZ    apr  fruit   oil refining
natural gas pipelines from Kipuni    p   (196t»f
Jf r>73
Whangpoo E   Eoane'TO China   tidai crujk upon
which Shanghai is situated   runs 14 m. nL,Dd
from Yangtze Kiang estuary nr Woosung
Wharfe R   WK lorks Eng   tnb at E Ouse
lensrth 60 m.
Wheeling- c   W Va   USA    on Ohio B    rly
and  comm    ctr     iron   and   steel   pottery
p (1960) 53 400
Wheraside min   Vt E Yorts Eng    alt 2 414 ft
Whickham   '    urb   dist    Durham   Fng      rir
Gateshsid      coa! mining    iron   and    steel
chemicals rope mnf    p festd 1967) -'7 890
Whitburn burgn W Lothian hcot    20 m 8 W
of Edinburgh   coal limestone   p (1961)5502
Whitby  spt    urb  dist   is E. Yorks  Bng     af
mouth of E. Esk 17 m N W of "tarborougti
abbey   holiday resort   fisheries   potash to be
mined neaxby   p (196D lljSSS
Whitby (formerly Windsor)   I   Canada    on L
Ontario   p (1901) 146S7
Whitehurcb   t    Salop   Eng      13 m   SW   of
Crewe     mkt    malting   cheese     p    (1961)
7159	[leneth 350 m.
White P   Ark   USA.   trib ofMffipwmpp R
White   R   Ind   USA     trib  of Wabasb R
length 330 m
White E   Ark   Mo   USA    tnb of Mississippi
E     300 m. navigable    length BOO m
White Mtns. part of Appalachian system N H
USA      highest  summit   Mt   Washington
6288ft
White Ntte   (Bahr-el-Abiad)   R    Sudan,  NE
Africa   strictly name applied to stretch of E,
Nile between L No and Khartoum    distance
over 600 m.
White Plains  t   NY   U.SA    on Bronx E,
residtl    battle 1776   p (I960) 50 485
White Russia, see Byelorussia.
White Sea or G ot Arkangeisk, ««Zrt of the Arctic
Ocean K S J? 8.B    a 47,846 sa m.
Wluteadder    JB    Berwick   bcot      trib   of R
Tweed   length 34m.	to (1961) 14370
Whitefield, urb dist   Lanes Eng    cotton mnf
Whitehall, t  NY  USA.  at head of L Champ
lain   timber tr    P (1660) 4,016
Whitehaven, spt   man. bor   Cumberland En?
on Solway Krth 8 m. N of St Bees Head
coal methane gas tannin? chemicals flour and
silk mills   p (estd. 1967) 27,050
Whitehead, t. urb dtst   Antrim N Ireland    at
entrance to Belfast Lough    seaside resort
_t> (1966) 2 740
Whithorn   royal burgh   Wigtown   Scot      9 m
S of Wigtown   cath,   p (1961) 986
Wbitehorse  e   cap Yukon Terr   Canada    ctr
coal and copper mng hunting and fur trapping
once a gold   boom town      H Q Eoyal Cans
dian Mounted Police   end of Alaska highway
linking Sdmonton Alberta   p (1961) SjStSl
Whitley Bay mun bor   Northumberland Eng
3m N ofTynemouth  seaside resort  plastics
p (esfcd 1967) 3SJ80
Wbitney   mtttrt  Sifirru  Nevada    Gal    U^JL
alt 14898ft
Wbitstable   spi    urb   dist    Kent   Eng     on
Thames  estuary   6  m   N   of Canterbury
holiday resort. oyBters   p (estd 1967) 22£1Q
Whittmgton or Wnittington Moor  dot   Derby
35ng      nr   Ohesterfleld     coal-mining   iron
steel   p 8317
Wbittlesey, t   urb dwt  I of Ely Ene,   m The
Fens. 8 m W of March,   bricks, mkt garden
ing   P (1961)9324
Wbitworth urb dut   BE Lanes Ene    cottons
coal, date   p (1961) 7 Ml
Whyalla, c. spt   S Australia   impt  steel and
ahipbldg inda    ironstone, pig iron, steel   p
(1966) 22 J26
WMhtta, e.   Kan   USA.   fa Arkansas vaUer
rly wks.   oil refineries and equipment   meat
packing ctr in agr and stock-raising region
p (1960) a« 59*
Wlofatta, JB.  Texas. TJAA.   fedb, of Bed X
length 225 m.
Wichita Falls. <», Teias, IT SA.   ofl-Mftning* p
0880)101724.

wjck, vft buTftfi Caitteeiw «seot on > c*t
14 m, S of John 0 Croats benrtoa flghenep
rtr p (1901) 7^97
icklow ma'tlitneen Leira*cr Ireland pft^oml
in' agr cap Mickkrw a 781 m ra p
(1980) 60J1S1
Wiekiow t flip ViiteVrnxr Lenster Inland oft
S E w1- 3 > m -5 o* Bmblin nak* sm
eeaside re<»cirt p '1966) 7 140
Wick.cw     j tfl      'Vt w1 !<>w    Ireland      hjpV
umnnf Lsjsnafjn Us, 3 039 ft
W dnas t   nun bor Lanes Fng    on p M«r«ev
1 J m t of Livfrpoo!   anht dritf ic    a?b-i»to
rempnt    w rt   cabl^-     cb/racali   eir^rn*
ferti'i^r^   e< pppr and xmc    p    «rt<l   lof 7
54 Gil
Wierer VcJa^adf- * Lowe * Au«rfni «.P m •» *
Menna machm pcttttry p (l»fl> 13845
jennttermwr PoMer we to *rf a \ H« i ip *
>eth located in N W of I T«sgdi33eer reclwnred
in 1930 raalJciously fk>oded by fieroaiM tow
drained asa id 3S4a jaigety meactcwland t, "^
bq m.
Wiesbatei, J  cap Hesw "W Crenaany   at «•> et'ec
p 11968;
Enff     W ns N 1
* ngin   i hwaif i*.
of the Taunns   spa   cas
Wigan, '   fo ?m   S \\ Lar
of Lwtrpooi    roal  en f i
cement   p fe«td
Wight, I. o! n> Fag Kag Cbaanei wpajr ited
from Hants b? ^pjtbead awl Tne "jflent wheat
sheep r«m«nt faohdav rewtr* eh ts> "New
port Cowes Kyde a 147 wi m p ilWtij
97000
Wigston, < urb dut Lefc EBg 4 m *«• of
Leicester rly wfes. engia h(B»«y p iestd
1967) "6 «(/
Wigtown, «ion((Bw » bTV scot ijtr rramlt
darring creameries agr implementa cat»
W a 485 sa m p (1961) SS 107
Wigtown burgh 'Wigtown Scot on "Wigtown
Bay golway Firth fishery creamery dirtfl
lery p (1661)1,207
WUcannla i, R. pt   NSW   Australia   on R
Darling  860 m. upstream from "fteatworth
sends wool and minerate downstrwn to Morgan
Murray Bridge   Mraca for traBflhipBwit by
rail to Adeiaiiic or Melbourne
Wiloeboshaven wpt Lower faasony Ormaay
40 m. N Vt of Bremen shipbldg nsaeh n
textiles faniiture elect wtwd leather tar
bour ofl pipeline p (WS&y 102 484
WilSeiS-Barre e I'enns UAA on &asoi^»3aBa
B anthracite mining mstctoi toeomotirw
iron and steeL testOes p WW»e3jSl
Wilkes Land, Antarctica featureless plateau
alt. 9&00 ft nBrnemse glactos tJS base
taken over by Australia to 1968
WiBdnsburg bor Penas U.KA, Prttefao^n
sub residtl timber wte. p (19fiO) 9QM8
Willamette R Ore U SJL rises in Cascade
Mtns. Bows N mto Columbia E. Wow Port
land valley gives neh agr laud, whe*4. root-
erops, dairy produce hard and soft fruits <sh
ts Portland Salem teagth apptox. Wo m.
Willemstsd pt ca-j> Neth Antffles on Cura-cao
I oilrennaig p (ertd. 1S6S) 60 MO
WilleahalL former utb gbL, Staffe, Bag wrtly
absorbed in WoiTK^ajnptoii (1SW) taws said
heys, drop forgmgs p (1961) 3S^S17
Wfll^den, forater wm o&r MidoX. S* now
too in Breat outer bor Greater Ijondoa, (g»>
impt ily juDctkm refiidtl. ami iadasU p
(1961) mjOOl
WUbamslrarg e^ Va«
e.inAsarafea _p (1
WiUJamsport c Penns. U.SA.
II, , rly  etr   timber machin   sOkB
resort   »
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Australia   at moath. of Yarra Ks.   naval does
yda, sbipbMg   raflway wte^ rifle raw»   p
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Corm. U^A.
tactte Mttead   p (196<5)1WSJ[
Wfimrtte, t BL U^JL   reddtL
_  iwd
robber
waningtoa, e* tpL BeL TJ^ J«
B.   dxtobKlg. Kunpowder
ateel-wkg.    ehemfcato   '
goods   P (1960S SB.*!?
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tobacco, timber,